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Change and progress in the post-war years Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image TheNationalArchive via Flickr

By Linton Andrews (Guest), Dr Barry Dackombe (The Open University)

28 May 2009

As has already been discussed in Rationing, during the war women played an important part in Britain’s wartime economy, but they were still expected to...  Read more : Change and progress in the post-war years

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The war is over; rationing goes on Featuring: audio, BBC

By Dr Barry Dackombe (The Open University), Hazel Taylor (Guest)

25 February 2009

Barry Dackombe shows how Hazel's diaries recorded the continuing shortages of a post-war world.  Read more : The war is over; rationing goes on

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Men and women in peacetime Featuring: audio, BBC

By Dr Barry Dackombe (The Open University), Hazel Taylor (Guest)

12 February 2009

The war had changed social mores - but did the peace mean a return to the old way of doing things?  Read more : Men and women in peacetime

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Meet the Ten Pound Poms Featuring: video, Essential viewing

By The Timewatch team (Guest)

28 January 2008

It was an offer too good to be true: a new life in Australia for a tenner. Did the Ten Pound Poms get a bargain?  Read more : Meet the Ten Pound Poms

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OU on the BBC: Timewatch - Ten Pound PomsEssential Viewing

By The Timewatch team (Guest)

28 January 2008

Timewatch recalled the time when Australia was so keen to attract immigrants, the state paid for their passage  Read more : OU on the BBC: Timewatch - Ten Pound Poms

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